There are two reasons for his fame.
He was the first person to cross the English Channel in an airplane. He designed and built the 1909 Bleriot airplane. It was a single wing design, unusual when most planes of the day were biplanes. It had a top speed of 10 miles per hour.
He was the first person to build a successful single wing plane, a monoplane. He proved the success by his flight across the English Channel.
Louis Bleriot is a famous French aviator and airplane manufacturer. He made the first successful flight of an airplane between continental Europe and Great Britain.
Because he was the first man to fly across the English Channel.
Hommage a Bleriot was painted to honor Louis Bleriot, Louis Bleriot was the first peron to fly across the English channel.
Louis Bleriot died on August 1, 1936, in Paris, France, due to a heart attack.
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Louis Bleriot studied engineering at École Centrale in Paris and obtained a degree in Arts and Trades.
Bleriot married Alice Védères, the daughter of a retired army officer.
Louis Bleriot's parents were Clarence and Clemence Bleriot. Louis was the oldest of their five children. His given birth name was Louis Charles Joseph Bleriot.
Hommage a Bleriot was painted to honor Louis Bleriot, Louis Bleriot was the first peron to fly across the English channel.
Louis Bleriot died on August 1, 1936, in Paris, France, due to a heart attack.
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Louis Bleriot studied engineering at École Centrale in Paris and obtained a degree in Arts and Trades.
Bleriot was the first man to fly across the English Channel.
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Bleriot married Alice Védères, the daughter of a retired army officer.
Because he was the first to fly over the Channel (the sea between France and UK) in 1909 with its "Bleriot XI" airplane.
Louis Bleriot was a MAN - that may have made a little difficult to be queen of anything. He was the first man to fly an aeroplane across the English Channel.
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His challenge was to fly the English Channel before someone else did.